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'Being Heumann' captures joy in fight for disability rights

Saudi Arabia accuses Houthis of targeting Mecca, warns of 'red line'

Ex-president's lengthy war crimes sentence shocks Kosovo

Retired great Nadal to play in exhibition matches

US House faces test on sweeping Russia sanctions bill

IR-MED and Dice Technologies Announce collaboration to Evaluate and Advance Pressure-Injury Prevention Platform in Japan

British PM says to make 'difficult decisions' as inflation rises

Watts, Pitt, Cruz to light up Spain's top film festival

TotalEnergies pumps up controversy in France with cut-price gas

Sweden expels Iran embassy employee over anti-Jewish threats

Global fuel price demos: a round-up

Toogood Gold's Table Mountain Sits in the Shadow of a Nevada Gold Rush

Leverate Launches MCP for Traders to Connect AI Assistants With Trading Platforms

MEXC July–August Security Report: 38.66M USDT in Risk Funds Intercepted, Futures Insurance Fund Hits 792M USDT

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

US seeks 15-year term for Theranos founder in fraud case

US federal prosecutors are seeking a 15-year jail term for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and want her to pay more than $800 million to investors defrauded by her blood-testing startup, according to a court filing.

Iranian exile who got stuck for years in French airport dies

An Iranian who got stuck for 18 years in a Paris airport, inspiring a Steven Spielberg movie starring Tom Hanks died on Saturday at the terminal, an airport official said.

Belgian Detry, Dane Hojgaard top Nedbank Challenge leaderboard

Belgian Thomas Detry and Dane Rasmus Hojgaard share the lead on 207 after the third round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge at the South African resort of Sun City on Saturday.

Timoney scores brace of tries as 'underwhelming' Ireland beat 14-man Fiji

An unimpressive Ireland recorded their 11th successive home Test win on Saturday beating a flamboyant but undisciplined Fiji side 35-17 at Lansdowne Road in an Autumn Nations Series match.

US Democrats close in on Senate majority

Joe Biden’s Democrats were just one seat away Saturday from securing a remarkable midterm election result by retaining control of the US Senate.

Timoney scores brace of tries as Ireland beat 14-man Fiji

An unimpressive Ireland recorded their 11th successive home Test win on Saturday beating a flamboyant but undisciplined Fiji side 35-17 at Lansdowne Road in an Autumn Nations Series match.

Italy record historic rugby Test win over Australia

Italy stunned Australia with a historic 28-27 win in the Autumn Nations Series on Saturday, their first ever win over the Wallabies.

Climate activists take to the trees to save German village

After the last farmer packed up and left in October, climate activists are the only people left in the village of Luetzerath, Germany, which sits above a rich vein of coal.

Brentford stun Manchester City thanks to Toney double

Ivan Toney bounced back from missing out on the England World Cup squad by scoring twice as Brentford stunned Manchester City to win 2-1 at the Etihad on Saturday.

Kenyan peacekeepers arrive in DR Congo's volatile east

Kenyan soldiers landed in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, as part of a regional military operation targeting rebels in the conflict-torn region.

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